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Common collocations with exaggeration in American Collocation

exaggeration noun

US /ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

great

great
gross
wild

That last comment was a gross exaggeration.

not great

a bit of an
slight

Well, maybe ‘terrible’ is a bit of an exaggeration, but that’s how it felt at the time.

I can honestly say without exaggeration that this is the worst club I have ever been to.

facts
risk
threat
truth

We are concerned about these stories which seem to be a gross exaggeration of the facts.